Hand Foot Fizzle Face

Performance collective Piehole, helmed by director Tara Ahmadinejad, teamed up with sound artist/composer Lea Bertucci to wake up an expensive art-object and give it a workout in a surreal gymnasium of sound, video, dance, and sweat. Inspired by an enigmatic art-book produced from an awkward one-off collaboration between Samuel Beckett and Jasper Johns, Piehole’s HAND FOOT FIZZLE FACE examines the self-defeating impulse to transcend ephemerality, in art and life.

"original and timely (even urgent)...""totally disorienting and beautiful and haunting.""Director Tara Ahmadinejad demonstrated an impeccable control of rhythm throughout the piece, executed by a fantastic team of actors.""superb work from Piehole, this thoughtful work is an indication they are a company to keep a look out for." - New York Theater Now

HAND FOOT FIZZLE FACE history

Photography from Triple Canopy, June 2012, by Kathryn Wallem

The 2012 version of The Fizzles (working title) at Triple Canopy featured live sound by Lea Bertucci, video projections by Aniela Coveleski, choreography by Rebecca Warner, dramaturgy by Elliot B. Quick., and performances by Mark Lanham, Allison LaPlatney, Anne Troup, Alice Winslow, and Jeff Wood. It was directed by Tara Ahmadinejad.